New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-03
SUPPLEMENT.
PAGES 9 TO 10.
THE REV. MIR. WARD IN COURT.
HIS LAWYER OUTLINES THE DEFENCE.

the Justice of the Peace being already oyercroWueu e
whole party moved down the street and around the cor
to the sationhouse and poicecourt rooms OF the
Englewood Protective Association. Justice Dutton' a
pOrtly, midde-aged with side-whiskers, mounted
the judges platform and frowned severely from pehhu
the high desk j. b. c. Drew, stout hor1d Ncw->orA
lawyer. with reputation for having convicted ooAen
Ku-Klux terrorizers while Ohi'eo
States District Attorney in Florida al Alabama ai'cr
war; the lawyers table as leading counsel ior
Mr. Ward Opposite him Augustus Nanderpoel, OF
Vanderpoel. Green & Cunning, representing Mr. ward.
The chairs and benches to the back Of the room were
filled with interested citizens and Jersey farmers Many
Of them had stand all through to hear the longdeayed
statement from Mr. Wards clever lawyer OF the rec'ofs
side Of the
The prisoner himself came in about five minuser ater
four He leaned heavily the arm of his physician
DR.. Banks and totered rather than walked 10 a seat
near the Judges stand His head thcky bandagcd,
and big ulster hung loosely over his shoulders MI.
Ward weighs perhaps 900 $50 pounds. His chest Is
broad and massive, his head is large, his
square and full His right is shut tight from inc
paralysis that side of his face His whole expression
was dull and sess and he heard Lawyer Drews eloquent
defence through without touch OF apparent interest
The hearing OF course was mere Formally 10 give
the Justice chance TO hold the case for the gradJuy
and fix new bail What drew the crowd was Lawyer
Drews xpcctcd outline of Mr.. Wards defence; MS an
swer to the general charges of cruelty and drunkenness
made against the Engewood rector.
Marshal Jamson's deposition on which Mr. ward
was arrested first read. Then Mr. Drew got
up and began set forth .Ais reasons for not let
ting the case 60 formally to the Grand jury
and the courts His client had the right either TO waive
examination entirely to demand that the state so on
at once with the evidence against him. II was thought
best at the time to make the State show its hand TO bring
out all the facts on side and the other But after
conference with Mr. Campbell prosecutor of the Public
Pleas and Counsel W. H. Johnson of the defence II hau
been determined to let the examination go over withp
n general statement in Mr. Wards behalf The Grand
Jury would at Hackcnsack on Tuesday. IL would
find whether there true bill against Mr. Ward
not.
1t was due to Mr.. Wards large circle Of acquant
ances however, that something should be said now
I'm his defence The Grand Jury would take its action
In a day But term OF court at which the case
roud be tried would sit until September In the mean
time the lips both Of Mr. Ward and his counsel would be
Sealed 1t had been trial his clients friends that
they had to sit still under all the calumnies heaped upon
The unfortunate clergyman. lie had TO he cleared not
only this criminal charge but from the moral blame
Of his lamentable act What would acquitta from
Jury worth if the rector had to out from the court
with no reputation left ghost of his former social self
The statement could not be made before th2. The
wounded man had lain deaths door for weeks too Ill
TO approach under the influence OF anGshetcs for the
greater part of the time Mans nhumanity TO man came
TO the surface in charges from all sides against him,
which his friends for the moment could not deny The
cruel charge of ALL the advocate continued, warm
Ing up was that of brutality and cruelty oformcr wives
The memories these dead ladies had been ruhessy
dragged the the authorized representa-
tive of many of their relatives he could reach he
was there TO say that not scrap OF evidence OF
brutality, of unkind treatment even unkind
feeling Mr.. Wards part in existence.
The mother OF the first Mrs. Ward, Mrs.
seabury had written most beautiful and charitable
letter TO the rector IN his present aictlo None OF the
Icid , g oi I5tt ~ -, -, 10
could be hoaII rom Bt cers5 man OF nc ITONl9ehce
diocese the Rev. c. A. ID. Richards had written letter
the counsel for the defence, in which he had said
phaIcaly that lie had always found Mr. Ward SOBER
Christian man that his second wife had always seemed
TO be most happy WIN MN ana 10 put The utmost iath
People who expected sensational developments in the
dant proof to show that Mr. Ward perfectly free
from any stain or vice. His VOWS OF sobreiy chastity
Scid hn had been snbiec uotoousIy 10 mclaucboa By
Overstudy turning day into night by insomnia his early
of mania had been constantly aggravated They,
taken together the precrtaiing Of the mic
fortune that beel him that fatal night in February His
the cause OF much alarm. lie put himself
Under the care of wellknown physician
then ana Was sent hTs c Ga!
advice lie settled in Providence the next year. began
preaching and married again His wife died. and III his
.ref the symptoms returned in all their force. lie tried
parish in Minnesota ami then one IN Florida He mar
ned once more ms Mic die IN year or two Ana
feel" bis client had said not long 'as II all my
the book OF symptoms kept by his New York ply stefan
could be shown any intelligent man. it would acquit
the defendant on the spot lie would he purgcd nom
The moral guilt of his apparent crime Last summer, in
August when he about TO marry again. lie consulted
hcsaied about confesng his weaknesses, ana then took
the unhappy step Mrs. Wa.d united in herself all the
Christian and wOmanly virtues She took on herself an
involuntary mariyrdoin which neither OF them could
As TO the charges Of drunkenness Mr. Drew could say
absolutely that they false An examination OF tile
rector lie would show them to be false 1t was imposs
a
aud virtues were on the outside Whatever signs Of
drunkenness he may have shown at times were merely
symptoms Of this mania which preycd 50 continuously
upon him.
Nh Drew brought tears into his own eyes by his pa
thec description OF the recors Of duty II alone
had kept Lin work in the church against the cOunsels
q, HIS OF those sympathetic natures
thich drew men TO religion Ills eloquencc ana gifts
we're known Inc church aud the community could not
Mheu this cloud had passed away the rector hoped 10
secular occupation lose his melancholy aud mania and
hen recover his faculties fully and them again in the
lawyer asked that bail be at once liked
squire button announced that the would go the
Eramd Jury at Iiackensack day after tomorrow and
promptly put the bail at s3,OOO-Sl0O0 more than 1t
Was before. Nipcent nlyou. OF Engewood signed the
Rector Ward driven back to his house and sent TO
tonsh With the hearing and would listen TO no post
3nemcnt He was exhausted by The drive down and
ack and almost tainted going into the rectOry. lie Will
not fully from his wounds the doctors say for
The general impression made by Lawyer Drews state
scarcely favorable II was too vague and gen
trial. most of the villagers thought The defence OF TEN
poIaIy insanity docs not receive much credit. IL
altogether likely that the Grand jury will find true bill
AGAINST the rector against whom, OF course there is
plain JTiUi0
Young Mr ya1pderpoe who 1eprssente%a Mrs Ward at
number OF letters places where Ward had lived in
evidence Of his bad habits The Prosecutor Of the Public
Pleas OF bergen County will have charge Of the
against MI Ward. Young Nr NaDderpOel will probably
assist him. Mrs Ward is suI at ex-Judge
Vanderpoels house here. No. West sixteenthst
She is getting well rapidly. though the
scar on her cheek still shows. khe viii not appear
Iiaosensacg Tuesday, there is enough evidence
already to hold Ward MI Drew Will be assisted in tho
defence 10y Lawyer William NJ. johnson. OF iackensack
Ihc letter OF resignation which Mr.. Ward the
wareus vestry OF ct Pauls Church Friday night
AS follows:
THE RKcToRY ENGLRwooD " j.
TO the VardsaS and VestTy VI ST. Puts CnuTch, La0te
lcocd.
DEAR BRETHREN hereby tender my resignation
tor OF thus parish which, will kindly permit desire 10
lax effectu Dy o